Brother Bear feels excited about joining Too-Tall Grizzly's gang until the members dare him to steal one of Farmer Ben's juicy watermelons.

Brother and Sister Bear and several other cubs are suspicious when Ralph Ripoff becomes involved in efforts to raise money to build a new wing for the local hospital.

When priceless antiques begin to disappear from Squire Grizzly's mansion, the ghost of his ancestor Bad Bart is suspected.

When Brother's class studies birds, the citizens of Bear Country end up choosing sides in a battle between environmentalists and those who want to cut down the trees in Birder's Woods to build houses.

A simple tale, using a limited vocabulary for young readers, of how little bear travels to town in a cardboard box.

Members of the Bear family commit themselves to so many time-consuming activities that the resulting stress brings on a crisis and makes them admit that there are only so many hours in a day.

The squabbling in the Bear household between parents and cubs subsides after Mama and Papa Bear and Brother and Sister Bear perform humorous role-playing skits.

Mama Bear hopes to teach the cubs to think of others instead of only themselves by having them help an elderly neighbor clean out her attic.

Harry, a new student at Bear Country School who is disabled and uses a wheelchair, has trouble making friends until the others discover that he is really very much like them.